If I were in charge at General Motors and held the appropriate position, I would develop a van that would be a joint venture between Subaru/Fuji Heavy Industries and General Motors that would be based off the Legacy/Outback, would be jointly developed by Subaru and GM’s European & Australian operations; would be sold primarily in the Japanese, European, and Oceanic markets and in the United States in smaller numbers as a niche vehicle. This vehicle would also be partially developed by the Australian design team under the same strategy as the Holden Commodore for many years having been Australianized versions of the Opel Rekord E, Opel Omegas A & B, and Opel Senators A & B. The van would have the same higher ground clearance that the Outback has. This vehicle would be designed to compete worldwide with Volkswagen EuroVan/Transporter, Renault Trafic, Mercedes-Benz Vito/Viano, Toyota Alphard, and the Nissan Elgrand. The vehicle’s exterior would be styled by Bertone in Turin, Italy to look similar to the Transporter, Vito/Viano; and the Trafic while the interior would be styled by Saab and would feature the Saab signature wrap-around dashboard with an aircraft-inspired instrument cluster that would include a turbo PSI gage, and the ignition switch placed on the center console. Some safety features that would be designed and built into the vehicle would be the structural rigidity that Subaru and Saab are both known for, Saab’s active head restraints, driver, front passenger, side torso and side curtain airbags, a driver’s knee airbag, shoulder belt airbags for occupants in the 2^nd and 3^rd row seats, seat cushion airbags for the driver and front passenger, and a rear seat center airbag that would be similar to what is already featured on the Lambda CUVs. The U.S, European, and Australian spec versions of the vehicle would be available with the EJ255 turbocharged, horizontally opposed 4 cylinder and the 2.0 liter horizontally opposed 4 cylinder turbo diesel, and the Japanese Domestic Version would be equipped with the EJ206 turbocharged, horizontally opposed 4 cylinder and the 2.0 liter horizontally opposed 4 cylinder turbo diesel. The statement of requirements for the vehicle would include that it be able to withstand temperatures as cold as -200 degrees and as warm as 200 degrees, that the HVAC cool and heat the interior to 72 degrees in temperatures as cold as -200 degrees and as warm as 200 degrees; that the engine and starter should be able to turn over at a temperature as cold as -200 degrees and that the engine cooling system perform flawlessly at 200 degrees without overheating. The vehicle should also possess a torsional rigidity of 60,000 Newton Meters/degrees. And the vehicle would be expected to ford through 30 feet of water at 15 miles an hour and have approach, departure, and breakover angles measured at 37 degrees, 35 degrees, and 23 degrees. Make a long story short; this van would be designed to be as rough and rugged as a Jeep, Land Rover, or a Hummer while remaining true to its European design and retaining European on-road driving characteristics; and would be highly overbuilt just like how Mercedes-Benz used to overbuild their cars. Because dashboard televisions are legal in Japan, a windshield antenna for the television would be necessary for the Japanese market. AGC’s IR & UV Cut, and Acoustic Glass for the windshield, door glass, and D-pillar; water-repellent door glass for the and the front doors, a coated heated front windshield, and an embedded DTV glass antenna  with a heated wiper/camera area for the Japanese market. Toyota Boshoku would be chosen as the supplier for the seats because of their expertise in making the executive 2^nd row seats for the Toyota Alphard (only this vehicle will be required to have 3 executive seats across the 2^nd row rather than 2 because this vehicle would be required to carry 8 instead of 7 people) and also the rear seat relaxation system for the 3^rd row seat in addition to the 3^rd row seat still being designed to fold flat into the floor for cargo purposes; and also because of Toyota Boshoku already having developed the expertise in developing seat cushions with the SRS cushion restraint already in use in some Toyota products. Faurecia would be chosen as the supplier for the dashboard, center console, door panels, and the interior carpeting; Siemens would be chosen as the supplier for the instrument cluster and the infotainment systems, and Delphi would be chosen as the supplier for the HVAC unit because of their expertise in development of the single HVAC system that covers 3 zones and consists of a partitioned evaporator and heater core in a partitioned under-dash HVAC case that feeds an external multiple rear duct system, where a strategically located second blower motor maintains the auxiliary airflow. As this design of HVAC system would be preferred for this vehicle-the Legacy based van project.  Think of this van as a Volkswagen Transporter/Eurovan, Renault Trafic, or a Mercedes-Benz Vito/Viano on a Legacy/Outback chassis. Subaru’s expertise in making an off-road capable, rough and rugged passenger car chassis while delivering European ride and handling on the road, and the Legacy’s popularity in Europe and in the Oceanic market are the main reasons as to why jointly develop the vehicle with Subaru and to base the vehicle on the Legacy/Outback platform. The Opel version would be named the Blitz after a line of vans that Opel had made from 1952-1975, the Saturn version would be called the Margrave (named after monarchial title), the Vauxhall version would be called the Viscount (also named after another monarchial title), the Holden version would be called the Brigadier; and the Subaru version would be called the Vaca (named after one of the Florida Keys).